Zinc Anode, Would this work? Options

[balljoint]

A number of years ago I did a summer work term with a Toronto area Water Works Dept. We got to spend a lot of time observing various projects in the community as we were students. (Yup, I was one of the 8 gov't workers standing near the work that was being done but not really doing anything)

Anyway, one day we were at the scene of a watermain break and once they had the water shut off and the break located and dug up, they put a giant collar around the old cast iron pipe and then welded a giant piece of zinc (3 feet long by 10 inches in diameter) to the pipe to act as a sacrificial anode. This was to prevent further oxidation and hence weakening of the pipe.

I can access zinc pot draw samples from a local galvanized steel manufacturer. I have a zinc sample now that is 3 inches in diameter and 5 inches long. If I were to bolt this to the frame of my 914, would it help to reduce futher oxidation in the same way that the various zinc primers etc. work?

[Qarl]

NO. There used to be a number of products on the market that did somethig similar.

They used to be in the old JC Whitney catalogs. They really didn't work all to well. I think the problem had to do with the lack of continuity of the chassis (welds, seams, etc.).

One way to make it work is to coat the chassis with zinc (ala galvanizing).

I know of one 914 that is galvanized (recently restored by a guy named Kelly up in Indiana? or Michigan). He has the pretty blue 914 that won an award at the mid-west Classic this year.

Neat car!